Congress of Local and Regional Authorities endorsed the Council of Europe campaign on the Safety of Journalists and calls for more support to prevent local media deserts upholding #Local democracy. #45Session For more 👇 tinyurl.com/ycxyrfe8

🗞️Is your region at risk of becoming a news desert area? Check out this preliminary report to better understand the phenomenon of #NewsDeserts in a European context 📌 bit.ly/46UZ8mA /3

SALE: those studying/working in #journalism #LocalNews #communitymedia and #alternativemedia can save £50 on the capaciously insightful collection of work in the Media, Cultural and Communication Studies tome routledge.com/The-Routledge-… Thanks to @LCoxRoutledge Agnes Gulyas & David Baines Radio&AudioStudies MeCCSA Local and Community Media Network

Declining local media outlets are causing 'media deserts' across Europe with potentially significant impact on community cohesion & local democracy. A new report by Prof Agnes Gulyas explains the threats to local media & how policymakers should support them. canterbury.ac.uk/news/declining…

New online seminar series on Innovations in Local Media. First event on 31st Jan. Richard Gurner of Caerphilly Observer and Matt Abbott from PingNewsUK on using technology to support indie news publishers. tickettailor.com/events/localan…

Golden triangle research is “no more golden than rest of UK”: research quality is more evenly spread than funding and “toxic cultural bias” could be behind disparities, says geographical analysis for Higher Education Policy Institute. John Morgan reports bit.ly/48YIALg

[THREAD] NEWSLETTER ALERT! Check out our first newsletter of 2024, featuring links to our special issue on local #journalism, an interview with the lead guest editor Agnes Gulyas, and interviews with #DigitalJournalism's new editors! Click here to read👉 bit.ly/3wk9peL

In our latest Vol 12 Issue 1 newsletter, we feature an exclusive interview with the lead guest editor of our special issue “Disrupting and Resettling the #Local in #Digital Spaces”, Agnes Gulyas, working alongside fellow guest editor Kristy Hess.

NEW ISSUE ALERT! 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 Vol 12 Issue 1 is out! Guest edited by Agnes Gulyas and Kristy Hess, this special issue looks at local digital journalism. It features an editorial, an introduction and five articles. Access them below. 👇 ➡️tandfonline.com/toc/rdij20/12/1

In the introduction to the special issue, Agnes Gulyas and Kristy Hess suggest there are three interconnecting elements of local journalism in a digital world: community, commitment and continuity. ➡️tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Revised Subject Benchmark Statement for Communication, Media, Film and Cultural Studies published today. Now available from QAA website: qaa.ac.uk/the-quality-co… Link has full statement plus a more accessible summary overview. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

To celebrate 80 yrs since the release of the iconic film #ACanterburyTale we're hosting a series of special events, including welcoming multi Oscar winning editor Thelma Schoonmaker Powell back to the CCCU to talk about the film 🎥 ow.ly/NL5A50RuQFX

✨Join us on 6 June at the webinar presenting the first ever comparative research on news deserts in Europe! What is a news desert? youtu.be/hrRswWN7X7w?fe… Programme (check out the great speakers!) and registration link below 👇🏽 #LM4D

Rebecca Swansbury Made By Dyslexia Thanks! Exhausted but got there passed but with major corrections. Six months to rewrite some areas - feels like passing your driving test but having to keep the L plates on!

looking forward speaking at the event

Today➡️News deserts and #LocalMedia state of play Join us at 14:00 CEST for a webinar presenting the first-ever comparative research on #NewsDeserts in Europe Registration is still open! 📌 eui.eu/events?id=5699…

A new British Academy report has found Media, Screen, Journalism and Communication Studies subjects remain popular among higher education students, though more are increasingly drawn to Russell Group and London institutions:thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/media-and…

📣UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign🗳️ Free report featuring more than 100 contributions from leading UK academics, with snap analysis and early research insights on the 2024 UK General Election. 🔗electionanalysis.uk 📄bit.ly/UKElectionAnal…

Fidesz has submitted a proposal that would completely incapacitate organizations they have labeled as foreign agents threatening the country's sovereignty. telex.hu/english/2025/0…

#Hungary🇭🇺: With #EFJ, we strongly condemn the bill tabled on 13 May by the ruling party to crack down on independent media and NGOs that receive funding from abroad. We call on the #EU to sanction this new attack on the rule of law. ifj.org/media-centre/n…